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Untangling some crossed wires
Exactly five weeks ago in this space, I wrote an entry called "As the Wires Cross", detailing my frustrations in getting information about cancelled eye procedures and problems with online banking.
Here is what I wrote:
https://blogcutter.dreamwidth.org/2020/07/16/
Today I provide an update.
This afternoon, the phone rang and I noticed "Ottawa Hospital" on the display. I thought it was probably someone asking for money but decided to answer it anyway, in case it was something more important. The diagnostic procedure my eye doctor tried to book back in January (and for which he had booked a follow-up appointment with him on for July 6) is finally going to go ahead tomorrow morning, not at the Riverside but at the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital. As far as I can tell, it involves interpreting whether or not my retina has further deteriorated, given that I'm still on hydroxychloroquine, albeit at a reduced dosage from when it was first prescribed five years ago.
Of course, retired librarians as patients are probably even more of a nightmare for doctors than other doctors! I immediately went online to see what I could find out about the procedure - here is what I ended up bookmarking:
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/31997
When I went to the ophthalmologist in January, he didn't seem too concerned about how things were going with my eyes, viewing this procedure as more of a "just in case" kind of thing. Apparently, the whole thing takes about an hour, although I guess things might be a little more convoluted given the various pandemic procedures in place.
As for the credit union woman who called me five weeks ago, I figured out on my own which account she'd been talking about (the one I hadn't logged into in over six months) and then, following instructions on the credit union's website, phoned the number provided and after answering a couple of questions, got my account re-activated in just a couple of minutes. So now I can log in with no problem. I don't have to send them copies of official personal i.d. (one of which, according to the original request, had to be photo i.d.) Easy-peasy. Next on my agenda? Making sure my CRA account is OK after the recent security problems they had. I don't think my account was one of the ones affected, but I want to try things out just in case.
Here is what I wrote:
https://blogcutter.dreamwidth.org/2020/07/16/
Today I provide an update.
This afternoon, the phone rang and I noticed "Ottawa Hospital" on the display. I thought it was probably someone asking for money but decided to answer it anyway, in case it was something more important. The diagnostic procedure my eye doctor tried to book back in January (and for which he had booked a follow-up appointment with him on for July 6) is finally going to go ahead tomorrow morning, not at the Riverside but at the General Campus of the Ottawa Hospital. As far as I can tell, it involves interpreting whether or not my retina has further deteriorated, given that I'm still on hydroxychloroquine, albeit at a reduced dosage from when it was first prescribed five years ago.
Of course, retired librarians as patients are probably even more of a nightmare for doctors than other doctors! I immediately went online to see what I could find out about the procedure - here is what I ended up bookmarking:
https://ruor.uottawa.ca/handle/10393/31997
When I went to the ophthalmologist in January, he didn't seem too concerned about how things were going with my eyes, viewing this procedure as more of a "just in case" kind of thing. Apparently, the whole thing takes about an hour, although I guess things might be a little more convoluted given the various pandemic procedures in place.
As for the credit union woman who called me five weeks ago, I figured out on my own which account she'd been talking about (the one I hadn't logged into in over six months) and then, following instructions on the credit union's website, phoned the number provided and after answering a couple of questions, got my account re-activated in just a couple of minutes. So now I can log in with no problem. I don't have to send them copies of official personal i.d. (one of which, according to the original request, had to be photo i.d.) Easy-peasy. Next on my agenda? Making sure my CRA account is OK after the recent security problems they had. I don't think my account was one of the ones affected, but I want to try things out just in case.